By The News Service of Florida
Note: Gov. Ron DeSantis will not release COVID deaths by county. The only resource we have is CDC, and that’s not by county.
As of Sunday, Florida had totaled almost 40,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Here is a glimpse at how the death totals have steadily increased since COVID-19 hit the state in early 2020:
— March 9, 2020: 2
— April 1, 2020: 101 (+99)
— May 1, 2020: 1,314 (1,213)
— June 1, 2020: 2,460 (1,146)
— July 1, 2020: 3,550 (1,090)
— Aug. 1, 2020: 7,022 (2,848)
— Sept. 1, 2020: 11,374 (4,352)
— Oct. 1, 2020: 14,444 (3070)
— Nov. 1, 2020: 16,789 (2,345)
— Dec. 1, 2020: 18,679 (1,890)
— Jan. 1, 2021: 21,673 (2,994)
— Feb. 1, 2021: 26,685 (5,012)
— March 1, 2021: 30,999 (4,314)
— April 1, 2021: 33,494 (2,495)
— May 1, 2021: 35,239 (1,745)
— June 1, 2021: 36,869 (1,630)
— July 1, 2021: 37,963 (1,094)
— Aug. 8, 2021: 39,934 (1,971)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention